The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-10-11
A DRUGGISTS MISTAKE.
A Sick Mans Wife DisFegards tho Druggists Ad.
vice and 50 Saves the Life Of Her Husband

VhouSHt IL was no ulOre imam rlSnC Un&L
should let you know what your remedy has
done for me, and think so too.
live in East 157th street, west of Third
avenue, and have lived there for about
twenty-three years, where own real estate.
Up to the time 1 am about to mention had
been strong, well man. There was always
more or less malaria in the neighborhood,
but had not personally suffered from it. It
was in 1880 had my first attack. It came
on rs such attacks commonly do, with head
aches, loss of appetite and ambition, chilly
sensations with slight fever afterwards, O
disposition. to yawn and stretch, and so
forth. 1 was employed at that time at Kill
lians & Brothers, furniture manufacturers,
en- West SOD street. / hoped the attack
would wear off, but as it didn't consulted
wail-known and able physician in Norris
ania, who gave me qltinine and told me wha
to do. can sum up the first four and half
or five years of my experience in few words.
Occasionally was laid up for day or two,
but on the whole stuck to my work. kept
taking quinine, in larger doses from year to
year, and kept ON getting weaker and worse,
slowly but surely, all the time. My trouble
was now well defined and its symptoms were
steady and regular. / had dumb ague in its
worst form, and it was grinding me down il.
spite of all that could do or the doctors
could do. 1t held me in a grip like fire in q
burning coal mine. The poison had gone all
through and over me ard nothing was able
to touch it. l was fast losing flesh and
strength, and about March, 1884, / knocked
off work entirely and went home to be down
sick, and to die for all | could tell. ran
down so rapidly that soon became unable
to walk any distance. Later l went from
room to room in my own house only by
friends holding me up by each arm. The
doses of quinine were increased until often
took thirty grains at a dose. The effects
of this tremendous stimulation was to make
me nearly wild. II broke my sleep all UP,
and often walked the floor, or staggered
about it, all night long, scarcely able TO bear
any noises or even human speech. My tenn
per was extremely irritable. As to food, one
of my little children would eat more in
meal than could in Gay. / would order
food and then turn from it in disgust. I
lived on quinine and other stinulants and
on myself like bear in winter. The quin,
inc set my head in whirl, and the liquor.
given rs n medicine--made my stomach so
sick could not tolerate it.
From 175 pounds (my proper weight)
ran down to " pounds-the weight of
light girl-and was scarcely better than
skeleton.
If anyJody had taken q Ratchet and
Knocked me d0l0R and killed me I should
haze been better of.
During the latter part of this period, early
in 1886, my physician said; "NTiller, there's
no use in my taking any more money of you,
I can't do you any good. l might pour
pounds of quinine down your throat and it
wouldn't help you"
On the strength of this gave up the use
of quinine altogether, and made up my mind
to do nothing more and take my chances.
Three weeks afterwards-about the last Of
May-my wife saw an advertisement Of Kas-
kline in n New York paper. She toldme Of
it, / said: "Stuff and nonsensel it can't
do me any good" But she went to a drug
gist's, nevertheless, to get it, The druggist
advised her against kaskine; he said 1t was
nothing but sugar; that she ought not TO
throw away her money on 1t, &c. He said
he didn't keep it, bat could get it ii she in
sisted on having it. Turning away in dis
gust my wife spoke to our neighbor, Mr.. A.
G. Hegewa9d, who got her bottle at a drug
store in Sixth avenue.
Almost against my viii, and without tbs
least faith, began taking it. In one week
was better. / began to sleep. 1 stopped
"sceing ghosts" ] began to have an appe-
tte and to gain strength. This was now tho
first of June, 1886, and by the end Of that
month / was back at my bench at G. p.
Smiths scroll saving factory in 10th street,
where I work now.
Since then / have never lost a day FROM
sickness. Taking Kaskine only, about forty
pellets in four equal doses day, continue
ed to gain. The malaria appeared 10 be
killed in my system, and now Pye got back
my old weight--175 pounds-and my old
strength to labor. am an astonishmentto
myself and to my friends, and if Kaskine
did not do this don't know what did. The
only greater thing it could do would b
bring a dead man to life.
FREDERICK A. MILLER.
G30 East 18TH Street, New York.
P. S.-For the absolute truth OF the above
statement refer to the following gentle
men, who are personally acquainted with
the facts: Mr.. Alexander Weir, G2G 10th
street; Mr.. George Seaman, 15sth street and
Courtlandt avenue; Mr.. A. Moebus, 154th
street and Courtlandt avenue; Mr.. Z. f.
Vaupel, 154th street and Courtlandt avenue;
Mr.. John Lunny, $50 East l5Sth street; Mr..
John Renshaw, 124 125th street, and many
others. j will also reply to letters oSinquiry.
We submit that the above astonishing
cure, vouched for as it Is by reputable men,
ig deserving Of n thorough and candid iDyes-